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Letter to Otis Tufton Mason

Creator:
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology  Search this
Extent:
1 Page
Container:
Box 4, Folder 54
Type:
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
November 18, 1904
Scope and Contents:
Reply to an inquiry from Mason about Bell's publications relating to the science of man.
Collection Restrictions:
Some materials are restricted.

Access to the Department of Anthropology records requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Department of Anthropology records
Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Bell, Alexander Graham
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fcd015a6-9f19-429c-b604-c47d92e2bde1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15555
view Wright Brothers Outside Smithsonian Institution Building digital asset number 1

Wright Brothers Outside Smithsonian Institution Building

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Place:
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
1910
Topic:
Langley Medal  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Aeronautics--Awards  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Rewards (Prizes, etc.)  Search this
Regents  Search this
Awards  Search this
Medals  Search this
Standard number:
22184 or MAH-22184
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10319
view Steamship Used to Carry James Smithson's Remains to the US digital asset number 1

Steamship Used to Carry James Smithson's Remains to the US

Author:
Bell, Mabel  Search this
Subject:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this
Bell, Mabel  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Other; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Other
Place:
Genoa (Italy)
Date:
1904
Topic:
Burial  Search this
Smithson family  Search this
Regents  Search this
Transportation  Search this
Boats and boating  Search this
Princess Irene (Ship)  Search this
Standard number:
90-9025
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10435
view Removal of James Smithson's Coffin digital asset number 1

Removal of James Smithson's Coffin

Author:
Bell, Mabel  Search this
Subject:
Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Bell, Mabel  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Other; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Other
Place:
Genoa (Italy)
Date:
1903
Topic:
Burial  Search this
Smithson family  Search this
Regents  Search this
Cemeteries  Search this
Coffins  Search this
Standard number:
2002-12196
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10436
view Mssrs. Grosvenor, Ripley and Udall digital asset number 1

Mssrs. Grosvenor, Ripley and Udall

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Grosvenor, Melville Bell 1901-1982  Search this
Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001  Search this
Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902  Search this
Udall, Stewart L  Search this
United States Dept. of the Interior  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Group, candid ; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Date:
c. late 1960s
Topic:
Statues  Search this
Maps  Search this
Busts  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2008-2142
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_11874
view Joseph Henry Advises Alexander Graham Bell on Development of Telephone digital asset number 1

Joseph Henry Advises Alexander Graham Bell on Development of Telephone

Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Date:
March - April 1875
Topic:
Telephone  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12587
view Alexander Graham Bell Demonstrates Telephone for Joseph Henry's Family digital asset number 1

Alexander Graham Bell Demonstrates Telephone for Joseph Henry's Family

Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Henry, Caroline 1839-1920  Search this
Henry, Helen Louisa 1836-1912  Search this
Henry, Mary Anna 1834-1903  Search this
Philosophical Society of Washington  Search this
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Date:
January 13, 1877
Topic:
Telephone  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Inventions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12590
view Alexander Graham Bell digital asset number 1

Alexander Graham Bell

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Regents Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 8w x 10h ; Type of Image: Portrait ; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Portraits
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Genoa (Italy)
Scotland
Date:
c. 1910s
Topic:
Inventors  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Nova Scotia  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Funding  Search this
Smithson, James--Death and burial  Search this
Telephone  Search this
Physicists  Search this
Donors  Search this
Philanthropists  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-1088 or 41768-A
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13156
view Alexander Graham Bell digital asset number 1

Alexander Graham Bell

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Regents Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Cyanotype ; Size: 7.75w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait ; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Portraits
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Genoa (Italy)
Scotland
Date:
c. 1880s
Topic:
Inventors  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Nova Scotia  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Funding  Search this
Smithson, James--Death and burial  Search this
Telephone  Search this
Physicists  Search this
Donors  Search this
Philanthropists  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-1089 and 10425
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13181
view Alexander Graham Bell digital asset number 1

Alexander Graham Bell

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Regents Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: Xw x Xh; Type of Image: Portrait ; Medium: Negative
Type:
Photographic print
Portraits
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Genoa (Italy)
Scotland
Date:
1876
Topic:
Inventors  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Nova Scotia  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Funding  Search this
Smithson, James--Death and burial  Search this
Telephone  Search this
Physicists  Search this
Donors  Search this
Philanthropists  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-1090 and MAH-9823C and 9823-C
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13182
view Langley Aerodrome No. 5 digital asset number 1

Langley Aerodrome No. 5

Author:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Subject:
Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Object
Date:
May 6, 1896
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Aerodromics  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Langley Aerodrome Tests  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Flight  Search this
Inventions  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-3092 and A18864 and A18868a
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_7894
view Alexander Graham Bell Bust Presentation digital asset number 1

Alexander Graham Bell Bust Presentation

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872  Search this
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Dorsey, Harry W 1874-1960  Search this
Traylor, James G  Search this
Fewkes, Jesse Walter 1850-1930  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building Regents' Room  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group
Date:
1926
Topic:
Dorsey, Nicholas W  Search this
Perkins, J. U  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Meetings  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Standard number:
94-12598
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8285
view Edison's Parlor Phonograph digital asset number 1

Edison's Parlor Phonograph

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Object
Date:
1879
Topic:
Exhibitions  Search this
Phonograph  Search this
Tinfoil Phonograph  Search this
Standard number:
91-3690
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8329
view Procession to SI with James Smithson's Remains digital asset number 1

Procession to SI with James Smithson's Remains

Author:
Springer, E. L  Search this
Subject:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
United States. Army  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 3 1/2 x 4; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1904
Topic:
Benefactors  Search this
Grounds  Search this
Memorials  Search this
Smithson, James--Death and burial  Search this
Smithson family  Search this
Event  Search this
Standard number:
82-3338
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_9147
view Crypt of James Smithson digital asset number 1

Crypt of James Smithson

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this
Hornblower & Marshall  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building North Towers  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Interior
Date:
1905
Topic:
Benefactors  Search this
Crypt  Search this
Memorials  Search this
Smithson, James--Death and burial  Search this
Smithson family  Search this
Tombs  Search this
Standard number:
MAH-17041
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_9245
view Wright Brothers Outside Smithsonian Institution Building digital asset number 1

Wright Brothers Outside Smithsonian Institution Building

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Cyano type; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Place:
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
1910
Topic:
Langley Medal  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Aeronautics--Awards  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Rewards (Prizes, etc.)  Search this
Awards  Search this
Medals  Search this
Standard number:
22183 or MAH-22183
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_9649
view Wright Brothers Receive Langley Medal digital asset number 1

Wright Brothers Receive Langley Medal

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group
Date:
1910
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Langley Medal  Search this
Aeronautics--Awards  Search this
Rewards (Prizes, etc.)  Search this
Awards  Search this
Medals  Search this
Standard number:
82-3350
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_9688
view Alexander Graham Bell Bust Presentation digital asset number 1

Alexander Graham Bell Bust Presentation

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Dawes, Charles Gates 1865-1951  Search this
Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930  Search this
Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building Regents' Room  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group
Date:
1926
Topic:
Gifford, Walter S  Search this
Grosvenor, Mrs. Gilbert H  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Memorials  Search this
Telephone  Search this
Telegraph  Search this
Standard number:
17177-a or MAH-17177A
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_9867
view Alexander Graham Bell Bust Presentation digital asset number 1

Alexander Graham Bell Bust Presentation

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Dawes, Charles Gates 1865-1951  Search this
Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930  Search this
Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building Regents' Room  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group
Date:
1926
Topic:
Gifford, Walter S  Search this
Grosvenor, Mrs. Gilbert H  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Memorials  Search this
Telephone  Search this
Telegraph  Search this
Standard number:
82-3348
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_9868
view Opening of Box Containing Thomas Edison's Graphophone digital asset number 1

Opening of Box Containing Thomas Edison's Graphophone

Creator:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Grosvenor, Elsie May 1878-1964  Search this
Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey 1875-1966  Search this
Grosvenor, Alexander Graham Bell  Search this
Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) 1872-1973  Search this
Dorsey, Harry Woodward  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
8 x 10;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1937
October 27, 1937
Topic:
Phonograph  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-44312C]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_396275

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